Big Data and Environmental Modeling, helping the environmental engineering field move forward in the era of Big Data, is part of the research project: "Establishment of a Model for Solving Regional Environmental Problems using the Environmental Services Platform", funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea.

The concepts of watershed resilience and engineered/common socio-hydrology framework are being explored to help socio-hydrology underpin the integrated water resources (or environment) management. These are part of the research project: "A Use-Inspired Socio-Hydrological Framework for Integrated Water Resources Management in Agricultural Watersheds", funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea.